Vanessa Pierre is working to end misconceptions about home gardening and the homesteading lifestyle among communities of color.

Editor’s Note: In this very occasional series, we’ve lamented our lack of a quick lube and a dearth of good bagels. Now, we wonder why bowling is so hard to do. Is there something you think D.C. is missing? Let us know. What would DCist do for fun in an ideal world? Oh, the usual. We’d bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world, and the truth is…